Learn To Be Still
Today's news had an article on how a Chinese mother had caged and shackled her mentally ill son in a homemade cage for 11 years. In 2001, the son, Wu, beat to death a 13-year-old…
Author: Shrutin Shetty
Indians Plead Lunacy
Education and self-respect seem unconnected, as any educated IPL fan in India can prove to you without much effort, perhaps even without uttering a word. While some people (read farmers) are busy committing suicide due…
Stir Up a Hornet’s Nest
Here's another product review. I recently bought the a horn for my bicycle. The Hornit. Hornit [the company], interestingly, is founded by a lawyer (yeah, cool huh?!) who felt the need for a loud horn…
Can You Handle This? Dangers of Bad Design
Can You Handle This? Dangers of Bad Design When making products, or even installing one, more often than not, haste does make waste. Some calmness and a little imagination goes a long way in avoiding…
Brrre..witty
In continuation with my interest in the importance of brevity in communication (to a greater extent in written communication, and to some extent for verbal), this post is made up of some interesting quotes on…
Au-shitz.!
Au-shitz.! With all the 'do good deeds' and 'do unto thy neighbour...' that has literally been beaten into our souls while we were growing up, I often wondered why some corrupt politicians and other people…
Ironman: Heroes Aren’t Born, They’re Built
"I've been called many things. Nostalgic is not one of them." -Tony Stark Many of us have been anxiously awaiting Ironman 3 [not sure if my connection was slow, or if the official movie site expected…
Spread A Message
The Delhi gang rape incident is still fresh in the minds of many. An intolerable mix of anger and helplessness is how I remember the incident. A few days after that angel from the Delhi…
Like Endorsing, Endorse Liking?
We all remember the notorious financial meltdown of 2007-08 that washed away a lot of dreams. We all know why it happened. Some wise (read greedy) people built a huge structure on an extremely very…
Beery Bad
Here's a first. A product review. Several weeks ago I was at a Raymond's store picking up a suit I had given for altering. On one of the display sections, a number of beer bottles…
IPL-6 and its fans, Suck
On the one hand: Since 1950, the government has spent INR 3.5 lakh crore on building dams and reservoirs over major rivers. Maharashtra is the state with the highest number of dams in the country,…
So what’s your Point?
Back in Engineering, a bunch of us close friends had the habit of asking 'so what's your point?', usually when one of us was sharing details about some important or serious incident with the rest. For…
The 99 Club
Hi. This post is not an original. I read it on Facebook and thought, I have share it with my readers, since it's relevant for most, if not all of us. So here goes... Once…
The Different Same
On October 31, 1984, a lady was assassinated by 2 men from the Sikh community. What ensued was over 3000 Sikhs being massacred by a crazed people, in a span of under 4 days. Think about it,…
I WITNESS – The good people of DELHI
I usually do not reproduce or re-post any existing content on my blog. But here is one exception. Here's a post written by Sangeeta Das, one of thousands of brave citizens who were part of…